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Lenny Stevens was the lead guitarist of the up-and-coming grunge band Firefly until he crossed the line with the band’s lead singer. Now he’s faced with the impossible task of rebuilding his life without the music that had kept him together. Struggling with his fear and rage, he creates the same damaging patterns in his relationship with his lover, Vance Ashcroft.

Vance knows that Lenny is the submissive meant for him. He is convinced he can save Lenny from his demons and puts faith in his ability. But when Len’s temper leads to him physically hurting Vance and destroying property, both men realize Len’s issues are too big for them to work through alone.

Seeking the help of the people who know Len best, Vance invites his former bandmates to the ranch for Len’s belated birthday party. Together, they try to create a safe haven for Len to come apart and, hopefully, rearrange himself into a man who can live with his past and create a future worth having.

This is the second book in the Off Stage series. Before I go on, if you have not read the first book, Off Stage: Right, go and one click it right now. You will need to read that book before tackling this book. Be prepared, the characters in both of these stories have more baggage than anyone should have to deal with. This is Len’s story and begins about halfway through the first book time wise. After Len’s breakdown, Vance takes Len back to his horse ranch. Len is just so broken that Vance is having second thoughts on whether or not he can help Len. If you have read the first book, you pretty much know the outcome, but this book takes you on the journey that Vance and Len take together. The chemistry between Vance and Len is protective, frustrating and loving. There is not intense heat in this story. Even with touches of BDSM, this book is cool in comparison to other stories. In my estimation, this adds to the validity and realism of the characters. I am still struggling with the flow of this story. The author jumps back and forth between which character's point of view we are reading about too often. Also, I feel that sometimes the story jumps ahead to a new situation without warning. The ending takes us past the ending of the first book. Yes, I did get what I was looking for. This series is still in my estimation character development in its finest. As a reader, you get to know every aspect of these characters. I felt their pain as well as their joy even more so in this book. There is a third book in this series that has just been published. It is about one of the characters that played an important part in helping Len and Vance. My hope for the next book is more Len, Vance, Trevor, and Stanley to go with Kilmer and Tanner’s story. Review to follow soon.